The Hart-Fuller Debate and legal positivism

I was revising Introduction to Legal Theory (ILT) and I came to the topic of legal positivism and the Hart-Fuller debate. It is an extremely interesting topic and I thought I could just write down some of my views on it. Just in case this bores people out, the theories outlined in the post may …

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Blog Revamp

So... I was browsing through my blog posts yesterday. Just saw how my writing style has changed drastically, from my secondary school days to now. On a side note, I used to type so atrociously... I never inspired to be those celebrity bloggers with thousands of blog views every day. But since my recent blog …

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My Dream Team

In October 2017, while I was (supposed to) study for my A-levels, I fell in love with watching volleyball, and that hobby has lasted for almost two years [this post was edited and republished in April 2019]. How I came to be an ardent fan of the sport was a complete coincidence. I have always …

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How I ended up studying law

It's been more than halfway through year one of law school. Currently on my second week of semester 2. I've been enjoying the study of law so far, although certain modules like "Introduction to Legal Theory" kind of drive me nuts, mainly because I have never been the philosopher kind of person, but also because …

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Is meritocracy really..that bad?

So today I was just browsing the internet and my topic of interest was "What happens to people who fail PSLE?". It didn't take me long to find out that there were schools such as Northlight School and Assumption Pathway School , and other institutions such as ITE that take in students who are not …

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Book Review – Voices from Chernobyl

Title: Voices from Chernobyl Author: Svetlana Alexievich (translated by Keith Gessen whom I just found out is the author Masha Gessen's brother) About the book: The book contains a collection of first hand oral accounts of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster which happened in 1986 during the Soviet era. Comments:  Realistic and heart-wrenching, it is a …

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